Celtics BLOWN OUT by the Bucks 😱 ‘THE GIANNIS ADVANTAGE!’ – Zach Lowe | NBA Today

Celtics BLOWN OUT by the Bucks 😱 ‘THE GIANNIS ADVANTAGE!’ – Zach Lowe | NBA Today

So what did Giannis and the Bucks prove to you with that win well first Boston was on a backto back after an overtime game at home let’s Out The Way Milwaukee proved this Boston might have more depth might have better one to seven Talent might have a better defense might have more shooting

All of that stuff they have the advantage in all those areas on some nights Milwaukee reminded everybody we’ve got the Giannis advantage and on some nights that is enough to overcome any disadvantage we might have cuz that dude is so big so strong and so fast that he can almost single-handedly win

These games and the dunks and the kickouts is you get some open threes and it’s toast and I remember two seasons ago in the playoffs when Boston made the finals the Bucks took them to seven in the second round without Chris Middleton and you talk to anyone around the

Celtics with the Celtics after that series The Respect they had for Yann Giannis and just man we are so relieved to be done with that dude he’s so physically taxing to deal with last night was a reminder that he can be a oneman Wrecking Crew He it wasn’t a reminder we know who

The hell Yannis is that was a good signature win for the bucks so that that they could feel good but I’m not about to overreact but I did see something I like right I like the M I like the the tandem of more Bobby por along with

Yannis spread the floor so Yannis could get downhill because of Bobby poris ability to shoot the three no slight to Brook Lopez on the defensive side of things we know Bobby poris could switch pick and rolls but I thought last night the Bucks did what they were supposed to

Do they were waiting they had been struggling and they needed this win like they needed this win we heard a couple weeks ago when ad came out against uh ad spoke out and he said this was a must-win sit situation for us when they played the Oklahoma City Thunder and

This what what happened last night a prime example for the Milwaukee Bucks is this a turning point though for Milwaukee I don’t know about that they really haven’t been playing well at all the last couple of weeks I think they were one and four in January before this

Um it’s unfortunate schedule because not only was the back toback it was their fifth game in seven nights for for for Boston but I will say this Boston is one of the League’s best teams period but certainly on the second night of back toback they were 5- one the second night

Of back toback so you give Milwaukee credit for knowing they had a little bit of an advantage and stepping on their throat and not making it a game and forcing Joe Missoula to bench his starter for the second half the the Bucks get credit for that I still think

They’ve got to prove themselves defensively but this was definitely a positive night for them and you could tell said they needed that what’s wrong Park can can we stop with the backto backs like let’s let’s stop making excuses Anthony Edwards set a bar the other night the other night against the

Celtics on what he did okay he set a bar do you know in 2008 when we were going for a championship do you know what our record was on backto backs 16 and three it’s a mentality it’s a mental it’s a mental thing like we keep saying oh on

The back to back the team got the advantage no if you want to go in there and win damn it you got it on your mind you go to do everything that you need to do and it starts a few days before you know your schedule was coming up you

Know how your rest pattern and everything else should be so you know like we keep saying back to backs and all this no get your mind right well it’s clear the Milwaukee Bucks they had their mind right for this they had two days off and they knew what they needed

To go do going into this one and we’re going to get to see them again in between Draymond Green suspension the team falling to 12th in the West in the standing there is a whole lot going on it’s a good thing we have Mark Spears our senior writer for andscape here with

Us Wednesday though Mark you saw it up close it felt like a Tipping Point their 31 Point loss to the pelican that was their worst home loss of Steph Curry’s career but it’s what he said after the game that caught our attention do you almost feel like that

Trade deadline coming up you’ve got a certain amount of time to show management to keep things together or they might have to make some major decisions we have a standard that’s pretty evident that if things stay the same you know that’s a definition of insanity right keep doing doing the same thing

Expecting a different result I mean Steph sounds like he’s ready for something to change would are the Warriors ready to make a move before the trade deadline yeah let you never hear Steph Curry talk that way no ever talk that way and that carries a lot of weight and certainly these conversations

Go on behind the doors but behind closed doors which you don’t ever hear that publicly but this is a Golden State team organization they are open to just about everything and I don’t think there’s ever been a period uh during this run you could say that but I think outside

Of Steph Curry I think this is a front office and an ownership group that is willing to talk about anything out there and is open to anything and you know they have hard decisions to make between now uh and the trade deadline but you know they still want to figure out a way

To put a contender around uh Steph Curry while he’s still playing at the level he is they’ve not played like a contender yet at all uh but Draymond Green coming back they still have some more time to see what it might look like yeah but I

Think change is coming in to some degree in Golden State even Brian walking around Arenas opposing executives are kind of pontificating out loud what is the best path forward for Golden State well they’re a little bit hamstrung because their payroll is so enormously high and that makes some things

Difficult both now and in the future I would just say that while I do think that they’re going to look to change something on this roster the way that they get back to being the level they can be is by getting their star players to play Star players again getting

Draymond Green back getting that two-man game back with Steph Curry getting Klay Thompson back to himself getting Andrew Wiggins if they retain him to start rebounding and defending like he did that’s going to be the key yes they may go and look to add something to try to

Help them and obviously get Chris Paul back hopefully later in the season there’s not a magic trade there’s not a player that you’re going to make a deal for is all of a sudden going to come and make them the team they were two years

Ago I don’t know about that I like a potential Pascal seakan trade the definitely need a number two score he could be that he’s had a great season and to do that though it’s going to hit you like you’re probably going to have to trade kaminga to do that you know

Wiggins I was told by GM that there’s not a lot of value for Wiggins right now although you could package him and kaminga together you can pack kaminga and CP to make it happen but the Warriors desperately need to make a trade and that’s one of them that they

Could do Pascal sakam is going to have a lot of voice about where he gets traded because he’s going to be a free agent this summer and so if you are trading for Pascal sakam you have to be ready to Max him out you got to know that he

Wants to be there and so and you have to have a package out there that makes sense for Toronto I I do think listen they’ve been engaged for really a couple of years on sakam I I think they’re getting because he could walk at the end of the season uh they’ve not gotten

Anywhere on doing an extension together uh uh I think for the Warriors the risk is okay what what do we want to do with our payroll are we willing to max out Pascal seak because there are teams with cap space this Summer that are going to

Be willing to do it you know a team like Indiana it’s going to be really interesting because if you’re looking at the next five years or next four years for Pascal cakam and the chance to play let’s say with the Tyrese Halbert in the group they have in Indiana they have the

Cap space if you’re the Pacers who been engaged with Toronto on this you know you don’t have to necessarily go out and give the really good young players at Messi Jerry would love to get jerus Walker for one or a Ben Maan because you have the flexibility to know hey we can

Give this guy a max deal the summer without moving anything around the Warriors do have interest in Pascal you’re right Mark I think it’s a difficult pathway because he’s going to have a lot of say about where he goes they’re going to have to find have interest as well they’re going to have

To figure out something though because we’re talking about Steph Curry putting something not not necessarily with Pascal but something to put a team around an alltime great that gets him back into the we’re talking about the playoff picture we’re not even talking about the about a contender and guess

What everyone wants to play with Steph Curry so if golden state was to pursue and go out there and get Pascal seum it wouldn’t be for a shortterm ryal because you wouldn’t have to convince him to stay in Golden State because everyone wants to play with step they all want to

Get paid yeah yeah yeah but but but listen here’s the thing right you may have to give up a contract like a Andrew Wiggins again we don’t know what’s going to happen with Klay Thompson this off season to your point Golden Skate state is shown that they’re not scared to pay

Yeah but yeah and we don’t know what’s going to happen with Klay Thompson I’m just going to be honest with you guys let me the Warriors can get out bid for Pascal seaka and the other teams willing to pay Pascal seaka more they’re in a bad position make the trade unless he

Wink win okay but let me say this to you since we we did y’all listen to Klay Thompson post game right don’t didn’t it sound like a guy that’s exhausted with the organization they asked him okay the question was asked about the F Bo Klay Thompson response was am I supposed to

Lose sleep any sleep tonight like is that a response from a champion a guy that didn’t want fource championships a winner that wants to be part of the organization hell no that sounds like a guy that is frustrated and needs a change of scenery so while we sitting up

Here talking about the c space and whether or not they’re going to have the money they might just have the money cuz Klay Thompson might be off the books so they might want to move Klay Thompson before it’s too late before they lose him for [Applause] nothing NBA on is

The NBA Today panel of Zach Lowe, Malika Andrews, Kendrick Perkins and Brian Windhorst react to the Milwaukee Bucks’ 135-102 win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night and then Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc J. Spears join the show to discuss the Golden State Warriors’ potential trade deadline moves to start moving in the right direction after a rocky start to the season.
0:00 The Bucks’ blowout vs. the Celtics
3:42 Woj and Marc J. Spears join
4:35 What do the Warriors need to do?

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